Damsels in Distress (2011)

Megalyn Echikunwoke: Rose

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• Rose : Humility comes from within. If it's not there in the first place, where do you go to get it? I stopped looking a long time ago.

• Rose : Priss is a rat. A bitch. A rat bitch!

• Heather : Could Frank be dyslexic?

  Rose : No, dyslexics are intelligent.

• Violet : I took the commuter train to Villa Franka and I checked into a cheap motel there.

  Rose : The Motel Six?

  Violet : No, the Motel 4. It's even less expensive.

  Rose : The Motel 4, in Villa Franka? My god, you really were suicidal.

• Rose : What you are describing is a "playboy" or "operator" move.

• Heather : [to Lily]  Speaking of suicide prevention, do you have a boyfriend, Lily?

  Rose : Are you dating anyone?

  Lily : I don't see the connection.

  Heather : You don't?

  Violet : Boyfriends are a primary suicide risk.

• Rose : Frank's stupid, we knew. That he was a rat playboy operator, I hadn't realized.

• Heather : [about seventh-grade Violet]  But you were nice to her?

  Rose : No, not really. The idea of being nice to weird and unpopular kids hadn't arrived yet.

• Rose : [about Roberts Hall]  Suicidal Ed. students have been going to the roof and throwing themselves off.

  Violet : But it's only two stories.

  Rose : Yes I know, it's horrible. Not high enough enough to kill, but high enough to maim. And particularly dangerous for the people below.

• Violet : We get a lot of students coming to the center pretending to be depressed to get the donuts.

  Rose : Confidence tricksters!

  Violet : Yes, it's really bad, really cynical. And we made a pledge the donut company that we would only give the donuts to students who were depressed, suicidal or otherwise nutty. We're a non-profit, so the rules are pretty strict.

• Heather : I'm really worried about Thor... It's hard for us to imagine how upsetting it is not knowing what the colors are.

  Rose : In fact it's impossible for me to imagine.

  Heather : When Thor sees a rainbow - it's only so much gibberish to him. There was one this afternoon: Oh my gosh! He took it hard. Recently there was a parade in the city where the marchers carried rainbow- colored flags and banners. Thor was so upset: he said he'd no idea what it meant

• Rose : That's how they

  [governments and non-profits] 

  Rose : keep from having profits... by paying lots of money to companies like yours.

• Lily : [about Charlie]  I would hate to think what would happen if one of you guys got her claws into him.

  Rose : That's outrageous! We're perfectly nice! We've met lots of pathetic guys, and nothing very bad happened.

• Rose : Call the cops, a suicide might be in progress!

  Heather : You mean the *campus* cops?

• Violet : Rose has a very sensitive nose. Have you heard of "nasal shock syndrome?" Any harsh, acrid, or just "disgusting" odor sends Rose into nasal shock

  Rose : This wasn't true nasal shock. Had it been, I'd've lost consciousness entirely.

  Lily : Just from some b.o.?

  Violet : "Just some b.o .?" Omigod, Lily, you must have a very high threshold for pain! That'll serve you well here at Seven Oaks!

• Violet : I'm not convinced that having a "Suicide Prevention Center" prevents any suicides.

  Rose : Well, the coffee's good.

  Lily : If someone were really determined to destroy themselves, I don't think they'd stop for coffee.

  Heather : I suppose it depends on what it tastes like.

• Violet : We've gotta keep in mind that these guys are young people. They're essentially immature and... crying out for help and guidance.

  Rose : Though they don't know it.

  Heather : No, they don't, but we do.

  Lily : Um, but aren't they the same age as we are?

  Rose : Only numerically.

• Violet : I know that people can have useful careers in many areas - medicine, government, law, finance...

  Rose : Education.

  Violet : Yes, even education. But I'd like to do something especially significant in my lifetime, the sort of thing that could change the course of human history, such as starting a new dance craze.